# NTSB ANC01LA103: Cessna 207, N100PC, Pilot Point, AK, July 18, 2001

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 17, 2001, 17:30 local (Jul 18, 2001, 01:30 UTC)
- Place: Pilot Point, AK
- Coordinates: 57.566665, -157.566665
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.5667&lon=-157.5667&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 3, 2002
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 53214
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC01LA103
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/53214/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC01LA103

## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable takeoff area, and failure to maintain clearance.  A factor associated with the accident was a vehicle mounted gantry.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, takeoff - roll/run
  - object - vehicle (contributing factor)
  - unsuitable terrain or takeoff/landing/taxi area - selected, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The certificated commerical pilot, with 5 passengers aboard, was departing from a remote beach site.  During the departure roll, just before takeoff, the airplane's right wing struck a truck-mounted gantry that was parked on the beach.  The pilot continued the takeoff, and ultimately made a precautionary landing at another airport about 130 miles from the accident site.  Postaccident inspection revealed about twelve inches of the right wing was severed during the accident.

## Factual narrative

On July 17, 2001, about 1730 Alaska daylight time, a wheel-equipped Cessna 207 airplane, N100PC, sustained substantial damage during takeoff from a remote beach site located about 5 miles north of Pilot Point, Alaska.  The airplane was being operated as a visual flight rules (VFR) on-demand passenger flight under Title 14, CFR Part 135, when the accident occurred.  The airplane was owned and operated by Rediske Air, Inc., Nikiski, Alaska.  The certificated commercial pilot, and the five passengers, were not injured.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and a VFR flight plan was flied for the flight to Soldotna, Alaska.

During a telephone conversation with the National Transportation Safety Board investigator-in-charge on August 17, the pilot reported that while on the departure roll,  just before takeoff, the airplane's right wing struck a truck-mounted gantry that that was parked on the beach.  The pilot stated that he continued the takeoff, and ultimately made a precautionary landing at Igiugig, Alaska.  Postaccident inspection revealed about twelve inches of the right wing was severed during the accident.  The pilot indicated that there were no preaccident anomalies with the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N100PC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N100PC), registered now, S/N 20700467, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Cessna 207
- Registry model: [Cessna T207A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t207a) (registry code 2073614) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20700467
- Airframe hours: 7906.7
- Engines: Continental IO-520 F 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Registered owner: Rediske Air, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 29, 2001, 55 hours before
- Departed: PNP, Pilot Point, AK
- Destination: SXQ, Soldotna, AK
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; last flight review June 1, 2001; seat: left; flight hours: 15,000 total, 10,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 50 °F

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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